Gil Vicente F.C.

Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒiɫ viˈsẽt(ɨ)]), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portuguese playwright of the same name. The best season for the team was in 1999–2000, when it finished fifth in the league.

Gil Vicente
Full nameGil Vicente Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Gilistas (Gilists/Followers of Gil)
Galos (Roosters)
Founded1924 (1924)
GroundEstádio Cidade de Barcelos
Capacity12,504
ChairmanFrancisco Dias da Silva
ManagerRicardo Soares
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2019–20Primeira Liga, 10th of 18
WebsiteClub website

History

Gil Vicente Futebol Clube was founded on 3 May 1924, after the creation of other clubs in Barcelos, such as Barcelos Sporting Club and União Football Club Barcelense. The idea to found a new club came from a group of friends that every afternoon played football near the city's theater, named Gil Vicente, after the Portuguese playwright. The initial name for the team was Gil Vicente Football Barcelense.

The team first got promoted to the top Portuguese division, then called First Division in 1990. In 1997, it got relegated to the Liga de Honra and came back two years later by winning it. The best position was in the first year back in the Liga, when it finished fifth, led by manager Álvaro Magalhães, a former Benfica player.

In the 2005–06 Primeira Liga, Gil Vicente fielded an ineligible player being Angolan forward Mateus in the "Mateus Affair". They therefore lost the right to participate in the 2006-07 Primeira Liga, and Belenenses were allowed to stay up.[1] Gil Vicente were accused by the special sports instances that rule Portuguese football of illegally resorting to regular courts on the dispute of Mateus, according to Gil Vicente, illegal contract with his former employer, FC Lixa.[2]

Still convinced this is not a sports-related case but rather work-related, Gil Vicente continued in the courts.[3] Along with the relegation, they were also suspended from the Taça de Portugal for one season.[4]

On 29 May 2011, the club returned to the top flight as champions of the 2010–11 Liga de Honra with a 3–1 home win over C.D. Fátima in front of a club record crowd; manager Paulo Alves beat C.D. Feirense on goal difference to the title, and the key players were strikers Hugo Vieira and Zé Luís.[5] The club finished as runners-up of the 2011–12 Taça da Liga, eliminating Sporting CP from the groups, S.C. Braga on penalties in the semi-final and losing 2–1 to S.L. Benfica in the final in Coimbra.[6]

A four-year spell in the top flight ended in 2014–15, when Gil Vicente lost 2–1 at F.C. Penafiel in the penultimate round of matches.[7] On 29 April 2018, the club slipped into the third tier for the first time since 1971, but had a place in the 2019–20 Primeira Liga secured as a result of the appeal against the "Matheus Affair".[8]

Stadium

The first struggles of the young team were mainly about finding a pitch to play. Back then, the team would play in the Campo da Estação, which belonged to another club, Triunfo Sport Club. On 3 May 1933, Gil Vicente played in its first field, Campo da Granja, with a capacity for 5,012 spectators, and later renamed Adelino Ribeiro Novo which is now the youth academy stadium, after a Gil Vicente goalkeeper who died there during a match on 16 September 1946.

Gil Vicente played in the Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo until the 2003–04 season. From 2004–05 on, the team plays in the new Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, with the former being used for the youth teams. The new stadium, with a capacity of 14,000, belongs to the municipality and received two UEFA Under-21 European Championship 2006 matches: Serbia and Montenegro 0–1 Germany and Portugal 0–2 Serbia and Montenegro .

Honours

League and cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Notes
1989–90 2D 1 342257 512549 Round 5 Promoted
1990–91 1D 13 38111116 344633 Round 5
1991–92 1D 13 3411716 264229 Quarter-finals
1992–93 1D 9 3412715 344231 Round 4
1993–94 1D 10 34101113 274731 Round 4
1994–95 1D 13 3471314 304027 Round 4
1995–96 1D 12 349916 314936 Round 4
1996–97 1D 18 344723 297419 Round 4 Relegated
1997–98 2H 4 3416126 442360 Quarter-finals
1998–99 2H 1 342086 582468 Quarter-finals Promoted
1999–00 1D 5 3414119 483453 Quarter-finals
[A]
2000–01 1D 14 3410717 344137 Quarter-finals
2001–02 1D 12 3410816 425638 Round 4
2002–03 1D 8 3413516 425344 Round 5
2003–04 1D 12 34101014 434040 Round 4
2004–05 1D 13 3411716 344040 Round 4
2005–06 1D 12 3411716 374240 Round 4
[B]
2006–07 2H 12 301299 272736
[C]
2007–08 2H 4 3013116 433450 Quarter-finals Round 1
2008–09 2H 9 308148 363738 Quarter-finals Second Group Stage
2009–10 2H 10 3091110 363238 Round 4 First Group Stage
2010–11 2H 1 3015105 553855 Round 3 Second Group Stage Promoted
2011–12 1D 9 3081012 314234 Round 3 Runners-up
2012–13 1D 13 306717 315425 Quarter-finals Round 2
2013–14 1D 13 308715 233731
2014–15 1D 17 3441119 256023 Relegated
2015–16 2H 11 46161416 585662
2016–17 2H 13 42131712 474956
2017–18 2H 19 3881218 294536 Relegated

A. ^A Best league classification finish in the club's history.
B. ^B Despite finishing twelfth, the club was relegated due to fielding an ineligible player during the 2005–06 Primeira Liga season.
C. ^C The team at the start of the season was docked nine points due to its involvement in fielding an ineligible player in the previous season. The team was also suspended from the Taça de Portugal for one season.

Last updated: 17 July 2012
Div. = Division; 1D = Portuguese League; 2H = Liga de Honra; 2D = Portuguese Second Division
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points

Current squad
As of 10 October 2020[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Denis
2 DF  POR Joel Pereira (on loan from Omonia)
3 DF  SEN Souleymane Aw
4 DF  BRA Diogo Silva
5 DF  BRA Rodrigão
6 MF  BRA João Afonso
7 FW  BRA Lourency
8 MF  POR Claude Gonçalves
9 FW  BRA Miullen
10 FW  IRQ Alaa Abbas
11 MF  FRA Antoine Léautey
12 GK  POR Brian Araújo
14 MF  COL Juan Villa
17 FW  POR Boubacar Hanne
19 MF  POR Pedrinho
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  JPN Kanya Fujimoto (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
21 MF  BRA Vitor Carvalho (on loan from Coritiba)
22 MF  SEN Yves Baraye
24 GK  FRA Quentin Beunardeau
25 MF  BRA Lucas Mineiro (on loan from Chapecoense)
26 DF  POR Rúben Fernandes
27 MF  BRA Leandrinho
29 FW  BRA Samuel Lino
31 DF  POR Talocha
44 DF  BRA Ygor Nogueira
55 DF  POR Henrique Gomes
97 DF  BRA Guilherme Mantuan
— DF  POR Paulinho
— FW  POR Pedro Marques (on loan from Sporting CP)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Managerial history

References
  1. Esclarecimento (Clarification); FPF, 23 August 2006
  2. Caso Mateus (Mateus Case); FPF, 25 August 2006
  3. Caso Mateus (Mateus Case); FPF, 12 December 2007
  4. Gil Vicente suspenso (Gil Vicente suspended); FPF, 25 August 2006
  5. "Gil Vicente-Fátima, 3-1: Subida de divisão e conquista do título" [Gil Vicente 3–1 Fátima: Promotion and conquest of the title]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 May 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. "Benfica claim fourth Portuguese League Cup". UEFA. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. "Gil Vicente perde em Penafiel e desce de divisão" [Gil Vicente lose at Penafiel and go down a division] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. "Gil Vicente desce de divisão, mas aguarda subida na secretaria" [Gil Vicente go down a division, but awaits administrative promotion]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 29 April 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. "Gil Vicente". Foradejogo. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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